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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brant \Brant\ (br[a^]nt), n. [Cf.{Brand goose}, {Brent}, {Brenicle}.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla}) -- called also {brent} and {brand goose}. The name is also applied to other related species. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brent \Brent\, Brant \Brant\, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.] 1. Steep; high. [Obs.] Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them --Ascham. 2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] Your bonnie brow was brent. --Burns. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bren \Bren\, Brenne \Bren"ne\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Brent} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Brenning}.] [See {Burn}.] To burn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. --W. Browne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brent \Brent\, imp. & p. p. of {Bren}. Burnt. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brent \Brent\, n. [Cf. {Brant}.] A brant. See {Brant}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brent n : small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: {brant}, {brant goose}, {brent goose}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Brent, AL (city, FIPS 9136) Location: 32.94227 N, 87.17622 W Population (1990): 2776 (1103 housing units) Area: 21.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35034 Brent, FL (CDP, FIPS 8300) Location: 30.47377 N, 87.25174 W Population (1990): 21624 (7838 housing units) Area: 27.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
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